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By Quimby Melton
“Behold, the Man’’ is the title
of this week’s Internationa! Sun
day School lesson. Background
Scripture is from First John 1:
1-4; 4; and Second John.
The Memory Selection is
“Hereby know ye the Spirit of
God; Every spirit that confess
es that Jesus Christ is come in
the flesh is of God.” (I John 4:2.)
Following the crucifixion, bu
rial and resurrection of Jesus
Christ, the beloved apostle John
became more and more concer
ned because so many of the lea
ders of the church of that day,
attempted to explain, to ration
alize, the life and death of the
Savior. Some even tried to “ex
pose” what they claimed were
false ideas among those who,
they said had been swept off
their feet by the magic of His
miracles. They had to admit that
a man named Jesus had been
born and had lived, but they
wanted to class him as a mag
ician who fooled the people with
his tricks of legerdemain.
Unfortunately for them they
had not had the experiences of
“Doubting Thomas” that caused
him to accept Jesus 100 percent.
They had not, like the two
travelers, walked with Him on
the road to Emmanus; neither
had they been present when
the Risen Christ came through
the locked door into the room
where His disciples had gather
ed in a spirit of despondency
and fear.
And certainly they had not
been with Saul when He had
that revelation of Jesus Christ
on the road to Damascus.
They were like the "Man from
Missouri” who said “You’ll have
to show me.”
And these, who claimed to be
worshippers of God Almighty st
arted out to persuade the early
Christians that they had been
• deluded, had been the victims of
trickery and should no longer
believe in Jesus Christ as the
Son of God, as God Himself
come to earth (Immanuel), and
should return to their old be
liefs.
And just why did those, whom
I John called the “antichrist” do
this? Because they did not want
to give up their lives of ease, the
j high positions they held in the
synagogue. They were too sel
fish to surrender them.
Unfortunately there were
many of the early Christians
i who were being misled by them.
It was to these that John wrote
his three epistles.
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Sad to say the same conditions
exist today. There are far too
many who claim to be Christ
ians, who would “modernize”
the story of Jesus Christ. “Com
mon sense” they say “convinces
us it was impossible for the Son
of God, if Jesus was such, to
have suffered, to have been
tempted, to have done all the
miraculous things that are clai
med.” They would class the st
ory of Jesus Christ as just a
“fairy story” or a bunch of "old
folks tales.” But those who know
Jesus Christ best, those who
try to follow His teachings, those
who would “Be More Like the
Master” know — don’t just be
lieve — that the story of Jesus
Christ, as told in the Bible is a
“True Story” and is the “Sweet
est Story Ever Told.”
The greatest thing for which
we can be Thankful, this Thanks
giving Season, is that Jesus
Christ came to earth to redeem
sinful man. We can, and should,
i thank our Heavenly Father for
Him, for His Life, for His Tea
chings, for His Promises.
Take the genuine, true, auth
entic picture of Jesus Christ, as
our Savior, out of the Christian
church, and it becomes noth
ing more than a meeting pl
ace to parade one’s false ideas,
promote one’s selfish interests,
and thus show one’s complete ig
norance as to truth.
We are told “Beward of false
prophets, which come to you
in sheep’s clothing, but inward
' ly they are ravening wolves.”
(Matthew 7:15.)
There are many “wolves”, ca-
1 mouflaged as “sheep” running
wild today. But Thank God Al
mighty we have the Blessed As
surance there is a Holy Shep
herd who will protect His sheep
from them.”
INSIDE TODAY
Hospital. Page 2.
Stork Club. Page 2.
About Town. Page 2.
Funerals. Page 2.
Hope Not Dead. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Television. Page 4.
Billy Graham. Page 4.
Georgia Toll. Page 5.
Freedom Short. Page 5.
Prince Charles. Page 5.
Society. Page 6.
Military on Parade. Page 7.
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Willard Shackelford peers through broken windshield of truck, holds rock be
lieved used to do the damage. Another vehicle at the North Hill street firm also
had its windshield shattered.
‘Command Post’ Operation
To Help Speed Yule Mail
WASHINGTON (UPD—Post
master General W. Marvin
Watson said today he plans to
deliver more Christmas mail
this year with fewer workers by
using a “command post” which
will drag some postmasters
from bed for 3 a.m. weather
and mail load reports.
“We believe we have a plan
that will allow us to move what
is anticipated to be 10 billion
pieces of mail from about
Thanksgiving t o Christmas
day,” Watson said in an
interview.
“We further believe that
should there be problems in any
given area or given post office,
we’ll be able to determine the
problem, which will alow us
some opportunity to transfer
some of that mail away from
that particular’ point” for
sorting elsewhere.
Watson said he understood
that last year the post office
employed something between
120,000 and 125,000 seasonal and
part-time people for the Christ
mas rush of mail. “This year”,
Watson said. We estimate we
will not employ over 55,000.
“We believe that by using
trained personnel and paying
them some overtime, the
economics will be better and
the efficiency will be better.”
The “command post,” down
the hall from Watson’s gymna
sium-sized office, will field
phone cals on precise sche
dules. Postal officials through
out the nation will report on
everything from the weather to
the length of noontime lines at
their parcel post windows.
Watson who will lose his job
Jan. 20 when Richard M. Nixon
becomes president, will leave
behind an efficiency plan for the
sprawling postal system he
claims would triple the speed of
letter sorting and save enough
money for a “favorable return
on investment.”
The proposal, costing an
estimated SSOO million, would
replace men with machines in
the mail sorting operations of
the nation’s 300 largest post
offices, which handle about 80
per cent of the total mail load.
Watson said his mechanical
“modules”—actually automated
assembly lines — would sort
107,000 letters per hour com
pared with 36, in today’s most
efficient post office setups.
Many Stores Open Tonight For Christmas Shopping
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
Sports. Pages 8, 9.
Nixon. Page 10.
Schools Closed. Page 10.
Vietnam War. Page 10.
De Gaulle Program. Page 11.
New Trial Sought. Page 12.
Yugoslavia. Page 12.
Comics. Page 16, 17.
Want Ads. Pages 18, 19.
Work Slowdown. Page 20.
Jews Protest. Page 20.
Mine Decision. Page 20.
Pilgrimage. Page 20.
South Ridicules
North Contention
Os No Direct Talks
By LOREN JENKINS
PARIS (UPD—South Vietnam
today ridiculed North Vietnam’s
contention that “there is no
question” of direct talks be
tween Saigon and Hanoi to
resolve the war.
Nguyen Van An, acting head
of the Saigon observer mission
to the Paris talks, said Hanoi’s
statement “are only words
which are largely disproved by
acts.”
An was replying to the
announcement by North Viet
nam’s foreign ministry “that
there is no question of talks
between Hanoi and Saigon to
solve the Vietnam issue.”
“The proof is that if North
Vietnam did not find our
presence necessary, the meeting
scheduled for Nov. 6 would have
been held as scheduled and not
delayed,” An said.
The talks were postponed at
U.S. insistence because Saigon
balked at coming to Paris until
it received assurances that the
National Liberation Front, poli
tical wing of the Viet Cong,
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“As you criticize public of
ficials, praise them, too—for
permitting the criticism.”
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, November 29, 1968
Windshields Broken
In 2 Trucks, Auto
would not be considered as a
separate and equal delegation.
An accused Hanoi of having in
fact been responsible for the
delay in the talks because of
demands that the conference be
a four-way affair, in which all
parties held equal and indepen
dent status.
“One asks why the North
Vietnamese felt it necessary to
postpone the conference,” An
said. “We are a reality, our
presence poses absolutely n%
questions and without us the
conference can do nothing to
solve the Vietnam problem.”
He reiterated his statement
Thursday that Saigon would
fight rather than accept a
negotiated settlement on Com
munist terms.
While Hanoi demanded the
United States ignore Saigon in
the talks, the South Vietnamese
were reported pressing the
United States to ignore the Viet
Cong in the negotiations expect
ed to open next week.
These issues of protocol and
procedure will dominate the
opening rounds of talks the
United States had hoped would
plunge promptly into the basic
military and political questions
on settling the war, diplomats
said.
The United States and North
Vietnam had arranged the talks
to include both the South
Vietnamese government o f
President Nguyen Van Thieu
and the Viet Cong guerrillas in
South Vietnam.
But Hanoi today broadcast a
foreign ministry statement say
ing its delegates will not talk
with the Saigon delegation
directed by Thieu’s vice pres
ident, Nguyen Cao Ky. It told
America to do the same, saying
Saigon has no right and no
power to speak for the South
Vietnamese.
Deputies
Investigate
Vandalism
Vandals broke the windshields
out of two refrigerated trucks
and an automobile early today,
according to Spalding County
Sheriff’s deputies.
Deputies Robert Aaron and
Tommy Whaley said the vandals
broke the windshields of two
trucks at Shackelford Sausage
Company at North Hill street
and East Mclntosh road. They
also broke out the windshield of
an automobile at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Key on East
Mclntosh road.
The deputies said a concrete
block was used to knockout the
windshield of the automobile.
The rear-view mirror in the au
to also was broken.
Rocks were used to break the
windshields of the trucks at the
sausage company. They said the
rocks went through the wind
shields and were found inside the
trucks.
Mr. and Mrs. Key were awak
ened when the windshield of
their automobile was broken, but
did not get up to Investigate, the
deputies said.
The deputies said the vandals
apparently were traveling west
in an automobile. The Key home
is east of the Hill and East Mc-
Intosh intersection.
Deputies Aaron and Whaley
estimated that it would cost SIOO
each to replace the windshields
in the trucks. One was a 1958
model and the other a 1964 mo
del.
They estimated damage to the
Key auto at S6O. The windshield
is in two parts and only one half
of it was broken by the concrete
block. The rear view mirror in
the car also was broken.
The deputies said their inves
tigation of the vandalism acts
would continue.
SLAM PLANE DOOR
LA PLATA, Argentina (UPD
—lt always pays to slam the
door on an airplane.
A small private plane here
reached an altitude of 10,000
feet before the pilot and four
passengers realized the fuselage
door had swung open. Just
before the pilot could land the
rocking plane, it slammed into
a grove of trees. None aboard
was injured seriously.
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Vol. 95 No. 284
He Ate Well
Candidate Spent Night
In Hampton City Hall
Bill Hearn stuck to his lookout
in Hampton city hall today to
await a recount of ballots in the
city council election. He was a
candidate and believes that
some of the "throw out” ballots
for him were legal.
Empty Stocking
Applications
Due Dec. 2-4
The Griffin Jaycees announced
several dates in connection with
their annual Empty Stocking
Fund.
Persons who wish to make ap
plication for assistance from the
fund were asked to come to the
Chamber of Commerce on Dec.
2,3, or 4, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m. This is the only time per
sons may make application. No
mailed applications will be ac
cepted.
The Greater Griffin Area will
be canvassed on Sunday morn
ing, Dec. 8, by Jaycees and ot
her volunteer workers to seek
donations in support of this
community service.
The Empty Stocking Fund dr
ive’ must collect some $2,500 in
order to meet the goal. The Jay
cees have urged any individu
al or organization desiring to
give in advance to do so by
mailing donations to Box 691.
Co-chairmen for the Empty
Stocking Fund this year are
Mickey Virden and Dan Whita
ker.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Saturday fair and
little warmer.
LOCAL WEATHER — Esti
mated high today 58, low today
40, high Thursday 70, low Th
ursday 57; rainfall Thursday .14
of an inch; sunrise Saturday
7:23, sunset Saturday 5:34.
He believes there were enough
to elect him to the council.
He spent the night in the
Hampton city hall Thursday ni
ght to make sure no one tamp
ered with the records.
Hearn, a 40-year-old roofer
who sought election for the first
time, skipped a Thanksgiving
turkey dinner at his home on
Peebles street to maintain hi s
watch.
He and his wife are the parents
of five children, Amanda, 18;
Charlie, 15; Robert, 14; Bill,
12; and Linda, 3. They had
Thanksgiving dinner at home
without their father.
When folk in Hampton learn
ed that Hearn planned to take
up watch inside city hall, they
brought in food.
Mayor Glenn Mitchell had pro
mised a recheck of the tabula
tions today. When Hearn decid
ed he would stay at city hall
where the ballots are stored,
Mayor Mitchell locked him in
side.
People brought Hearn hot st-
Silver Star. Other
Medals Awarded
To (■ riff in Soldier
The Silver Star, the nation’s :
third highest decoration for he- J
roism, and other awards have ’
been presented posthumously to i
PFC James T. Coggins for gal- !
lantry in action on June 28, 1968, 1
in the Republic of Vietnam. i
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Henry Cog
gins of 645 North Hill street, Gr- '
iffin, received the decorations for
their son at ceremonies held in 1
their home. Captain Fred H. So- :
land, Jr., Survivor Assistance i
Officer, Third US Army, Ft.
McPherson, made the presenta- 1
tions.
Other aw’ards presented Mr. i
and Mrs. Coggins for their son
were the Bronze Star Medal for I
meritorious service; the Purple :
Heart for wounds which result- <
ed in his death; the National De- ,
sense Service Medal; the Viet- i
eak and biscuits, baked sweet
potato pie, German chocolate
cake, tea and soft drinks. They
handed the food to him through
a broken window.
Someone stuffed three Army
blankets through the window. He
slept on them during the night.
Hearn watched television until
about midnight then went to
sleep on the floor.
He told the Griffin Daily News
by telephone from city hall this
morning he would stay in the
building until he is satisfied
with the vote count.
Mayor Mitchell had left word
with Hearn that if he decided he
wanted out of the city hall to cal‘
him or notify the police to 1 e t
him out.
Hearn was one of four candi
dates in the election. They were
incumbents and Hearn wound up
as low man in the contest.
He condeded that some 20 vo
tes thrown out were legal and
could put him into office.
The retabulation was set for
5 p.m. this afternoon.
nam Service Medal; the Repub
lic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon
with attached device, 1960; the
Combat Infantryman Badge; the
Sharpshooter Badge with auto
matic rifle bar; the Expert Bad
ge with machine gun bar, and
the Marksman Badge with rifle
bar
PFC Coggins attended Fair
mont High School in Griffin and
at the time of his death was a
member of Company "C”, Ist
Battalion, 16th Infantry, Ist In
fantry Division.
Present for the awards cere
mony, in addition to his mother
and father, were his sisters, Pa
tricia Ann and Lawnda Gale;
h’s brothers, Joe Henry, Jr., and
Gerald; his aunt, Mary Fran
cis Ham and a friend of the fa
mily, Mr. Charley McDowell.